ELA+1+Lesson+23

__ Topic __ : __Whistle for Willie__ (Lesson 23) What causes events in a story to happen? Cause and effect

__ Common Core Standards __ RI.1.2 Retell story including key details and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. RL.1.3 Describe characters, setting, and major events in the story using key details. RF.1.3b Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words. L.1.1b Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns. W.1.3 Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temoral words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

__ Suggested Student Objectives __ SW explain how/what triggered events to happen. SW blend and read the "oo" vowel digraph. SW blend and read words with the CVC pattern. SW use possessive pronouns correctly. SW write a summary.

__ Suggested Additional Readings __ __ Ezra Jack Keats __ (Wheeler, Jill C.) __ Ezra Jack Keats: a biography with illustrations __ (Engel, Dean) __ Loose Tooth __ (Suen, Anastasia)

__ Resource Links: __ C8F-9616-F9EA09FDAAB3&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US (What's New? Penguins)

__ Activities __ Using magnetic letters, teacher will dictate words that have the r-controlled vowels CVC pattern. Students will form that word with letters. Write a story summary for the part of __Whistle for Willie__. Include beginning, middle and end details.

__ Assessments __ Spelling and Journey's Lesson 23 weekly assessments. Score writing to reflect supportive details present in beginning, middle and end.

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